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Happy Talk Band is a seminal alt country/rock band from New Orleans featuring the songwriting of Luke Allen. The band pulls influences from traditional country and early rock. The band's music contains themes including the joys and pitfalls of booze, fist fighting, bank robbery, murder, religion, dope, exotic dancing, and family values. Happy Talk Band's discography is available on the New Orleans–based label Piety Street , which is the in house label of Piety Street Recording.

Band members

Original

  • Luke Allen – vocals, guitar, songwriter
  • Bailey Smith – lead guitar
  • Mike Lenore – upright bass
  • Andy Harris – drums

Current

The current lineup of the band contains former members of the disbanded New Orleans rock group Morning 40 Federation. Accomplished solo artist Alex McMurray has also joined the most recent lineup.

  • Luke Allen – lead vocal, guitar, songwriter
  • Bailey Smith – guitar, vocals
  • Alex McMurray – guitar, banjo, vocals
  • Steve Calandra – bass guitar, vocals
  • Mike Andrepont – drums
  • Casey McAllister – pianos, organ, theremin, guitar, banjo, vocals

Discography

  • Total Death Benefit (2004)
  • There there (2007)
  • Starve a Fever (2010)

References

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  6. bestofneworleans.com Archived 2010-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, Alex McMurray wins Big Easy Album of the Year 2009. Retrieved July 6, 2010
  7. Liner notes from Starve a Fever. Happy Talk Band. 2010. Piety Street
  8. bestofneworleans.com, retrieved July 5, 2010
  9. Brown, Charlie. "Happy Talk Band Total Death Benefit Record Review." Six Ten Split May–June 2005: 14. Print.
  10. bestofneworleans.com, retrieved July 5, 2010
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  14. Welch, Michael P. "Happy Talk Band Starve a Fever Record Review." Antigravity July 2010: 21. Print.

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